ISTE Student Standards (2016)
Knowledge Constructor: Students critically curate a variety of resources using digital tools to construct knowledge, produce creative artifacts and make meaningful learning experiences for themselves and others.
Essential Questions
How have past events shaped who we are today?
How does your current self impact your future?
Objectives
Students will be able to curate information from digital resources using a variety of tools and methods to create collections of artifacts that demonstrate meaningful connections or conclusions.
Materials and Resources
1. Access to Computers
2. Flickr Demonstration
3. Life Road Map handout
4. Google Slides
Anticipatory Set / Hook (How will you introduce the topic?)
Each one of your classmates brings a unique perspective to our classroom dynamic. We are going to complete an activity that will help you to better understand key life events of your classmates by focusing on their life road map and how their events have contributed to the individuals among us today.
Lesson Content
1. Students will write a list of pivotal moments or important decisions in their lives. (This list can represent significant events and choices in their lives.)
2. Brainstorm "Life as a Journey" metaphors to begin laying out the life road map. Consider things people might encounter when they take a trip or journey. Items on this list may include: stop signs, speed bumps, traffic lights, dead ends, detours, highway tolls, rest stops, etc.
3. Discuss what these items might represent when applied to the metaphor of "life as a journey." For example, a dead end might represent a decision that did not yield the desired result. A green light may represent approval to move ahead.
4. Using Flickr's creative commons area, select five images to help map out your personal journey. The journey should represent important decisions and events that have shaped students' lives. They can add details to the road map, including factors that may have influenced past decisions, important relationships, goals, beliefs, and aspects of their behavior (fear, conformity, prejudice, etc.).
5. Demonstrate for students how to cite the pictures they use.
6. Create the life road map using Google Slides.
7. Students will share their Google Slides presentation with the class.
Assessment/Check for Understanding
1. Students will be able to access Flickr's creative commons area for images.
2. Students will be able to select five images and attribute their sources.
3. Students will be able to create a life road map using the five images to map out their personal journey.
Modifications (ELLs) and Interventions
1. If students are not able to come up with five stops on their road map, the teacher will provide some examples.
2. If students are not able to select five images, the teacher will provide keywords to narrow their image selection.
3.
Flickr
Teacher: Various
Lesson Plan
Grade: MS / HS
Lesson Title: Life Road Map
Time Allotted: 45 Minutes
Standards
Knowledge Constructor: Students critically curate a variety of resources using digital tools to construct knowledge, produce creative artifacts and make meaningful learning experiences for themselves and others.
Essential Questions
How does your current self impact your future?
Objectives
Materials and Resources
2. Flickr Demonstration
3. Life Road Map handout
4. Google Slides
Anticipatory Set / Hook (How will you introduce the topic?)
Lesson Content
2. Brainstorm "Life as a Journey" metaphors to begin laying out the life road map. Consider things people might encounter when they take a trip or journey. Items on this list may include: stop signs, speed bumps, traffic lights, dead ends, detours, highway tolls, rest stops, etc.
3. Discuss what these items might represent when applied to the metaphor of "life as a journey." For example, a dead end might represent a decision that did not yield the desired result. A green light may represent approval to move ahead.
4. Using Flickr's creative commons area, select five images to help map out your personal journey. The journey should represent important decisions and events that have shaped students' lives. They can add details to the road map, including factors that may have influenced past decisions, important relationships, goals, beliefs, and aspects of their behavior (fear, conformity, prejudice, etc.).
5. Demonstrate for students how to cite the pictures they use.
6. Create the life road map using Google Slides.
7. Students will share their Google Slides presentation with the class.
Assessment/Check for Understanding
2. Students will be able to select five images and attribute their sources.
3. Students will be able to create a life road map using the five images to map out their personal journey.
Modifications (ELLs) and Interventions
2. If students are not able to select five images, the teacher will provide keywords to narrow their image selection.
3.